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CDL A Drivers Home 48 Hour Weekends 1630-2020/WK 100% No Touch
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What they do
A Tractor-Trailer Truck Driver drives large commercial vehicles such as tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, or big rigs. Responsibilities typically include transporting cargo across long distances, sometimes over the course of multiple days. They may work for trucking companies, freight carriers, logistics, or shipping companies.
$46,234 / year median in West Virginia
-12% projected decline
Job Description
Class A drivers with 8 months verifiable Class A OTR or Regional experience in the last three years with at least 2 months of that in winter conditions in the Upper Midwest or Northeast (Dec-Feb_. Drivers earn $85-$105K per year all on no touch freight with top of the line benefits. If drivers start before 7/3/26 for their first 5 weeks of running, they will earn $1800/Wk Minimum. Drivers get home either Friday night and go out Sunday night or Saturday Morning and back Monday Morning. You get a full 48 hours off. Benefits are some of the bests in the industry and all trucks are 18 months or newer Freightliner Cascadia or Kenworth T680. All are automatic. All trucks include APC Inverter Flat Screen TV Microwave Fridge Free XM Radio Governed at 65MPH Drivers will run the Upper Midwest into KY and VA and the northeast with the exception of New York State and NYC. No pick or drops. Drivers take the truck and trailer home with them (never under a load) and need a place to park Full benefits after 60 days and tops in the industry at medical, 401K, PTO vision, Dental etc Drivers also earn a $900 Safety Bonus every 90 days if you have hazmat or $750 and 8 hours of PTO if you do not. Drivers also earn up to $1500 in hiring pay For this job the carrier is only looking for the best so here are the basics: A minimum of 8 months OTR or Regional in the last 3 years with two of those months running in Winter Conditions in either Dec, Jan or Feb No more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years in a truck with no more than 2 in the last 12 months and none can be serious. No DOT Preventable Accidents in the last 3 years No more than 3 parking lot incidents in the last two years No 15+ in the last year and none of the following in the last three years: Cell Phone usage, careless or reckless, following too closely, improper passing and too fast for conditions No more than 4 driving jobs in the last 12 months May not have been terminated from any driving job for any reason in the last 12 months and no more than 2 terminations in the last 3 years No DUI ever in a CMV